
Family members of cracker unit fire victims move court for compensation
The Hindu
Family members of employees of Rajammal Fireworks in Virudhunagar district who lost their lives in the 2020 fire on the unit premises filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court
Family members of employees of Rajammal Fireworks in Virudhunagar district who lost their lives in the 2020 fire on the unit premises filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the State to provide compensation.
In six separate petitions filed by family members of the victims, the petitioners said the State government had announced an interim compensation of ₹1 lakh and the Collector had assured that the State would provide a compensation of ₹10 lakh and employment.

“Judicial time is a valuable public resource. Every frivolous or misconceived invocation of constitutional jurisdiction results in diversion of time from genuinely deserving litigants,” said the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court while imposing a cost of ₹50,000 on a man from Theni district who filed a petition with an unusual prayer: permission to conduct daily protests till the ‘World War’ ends.












